First War Patrol
Tambor began her first war patrol on 15 March when she stood out of Pearl Harbor to reconnoiter the areas around Wake Island, Truk, New Ireland, New Britain, and Rabaul. In all, she made nine attacks; on 16 April, she fired two torpedoes at a tanker. One hit, and she was credited with a sinking; this was not verified by postwar examination of Japanese records.{It was the "Kitami Maru"} Tambor returned to Pearl Harbor on 12 May, where her skipper criticized the torpedoes.
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